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Some nice and easy plants for new garden

I have just brought a new house and the garden consists of a lawn with about half a meter either side for some plants (and bear fences). I am a complete novice gardener and work all week so I do not...

blokkertjebl

gardening sayings

I am collecting some garden(ing) sayings/quotes to write out, laminate and put around in my garden - so generally no longer than 4 lines. Can you help? It doesn't have to be from well known people,...

strude

Gaps between flagstones

I want to fill in the gaps between flagstones which are wide enough for weeds to constantly grow between. I have tried filling with sand but the weeds still grow through. Any suggestions please?

miss blondie

rubber plants

I have had a rubber plant for the past 6 months, and it hasn't grown at all. How fast should it be growing? It has some new leaves all rolled up, but they haven't changed in months.

peabos girl

bird omens

My husband and I recently experienced a large volume of robins that were flying frantically around our house and burched in a large tree we have in the dead of winter. It was raining bird poop for...

shash

huge aloe vera

I have a huge aloe vera (5ft),it sits in my coservatory where it thrives. At the base of it there is new growth and I would like to perhaps cut back the plant to this as it is taking up space. Can I...

gizmo1960

My dog has itchy skin and it is also flaky slightly yellow

Does anyone know what it could be and how to treat it. It also smells a bit cheesy

Thunderbird+

Gallery of the stars

I was sat at the bar of a pub on the outskirts of Glasgow, while the Landlord pulled me a pint I noticed dozens of old photo's of famous celeb's pinned on the wall behind the bar. The Landlord saw me...

con-amca

Latin - or what?

Turning over clay soil in my garden the other day - hoping for frost to break it up - I uncovered some fragments of old, very old by the look of it, pottery. Putting the pieces together revealed an...

hardy49

Seeds

Earlier this week I planted some seeds in a propogator and left them on a window sill.Due to the heat froma radiator under the window the seeds have come through already.I have just taken them out to...

lizzydrippin

Injured foxes.

Im not sure I should be asking this question because Im going to have to cope with answers I dont want to hear. Im kinda hoping that maybe one answer at least will make me feel better. I like to watch...

story_teller

butchers shop

a guy walks in to a butchers shop and says morning can i have 2lb of liver plz butcher replies sorry fresh out of liver ive got some nice steak and kidney .....guy replies no its ok ive got my bike...

sueray

whats good for the goose is good for the gander

what does this mean

gardenmad

Shrubs/Hedges in Somerset

Whilst driving through Somerset one very early Spring (I was going from the A303 to the M5) I went through a village with hedges round the fields, (not the houses) consisting of pink flowered bushes -...

SurreyGuy

White tree on A120 near Horsley Cross

I was driving towards Horsley Cross on the A120 yesterday afternoon and (on my LH side) I saw a tree which was totally devoid of any foliage and completely (and strikingly) white in colour. Does...

Springsteen

Clover

My lawn is infested with white clover. Can I use Clovertox and wher can I buy it ? Is ther e another chemical alternative ?

JanineG

Pigeons in my attic ! Help !

What do I do?? The fascia on the corner of my house is missing and pigeons have got in there. I can here them in the mornings and its horrible (I have an insane fear of birds and anything else that...

Dr.Dan

Mixing vinegar and ammonia

I've seen what looks like some vapor coming from a small amount of household cleaning ammonia when mixed with acetic acid (somewhat stronger than vinegar, but not that much.) It's only visible for a...

Springsteen

What plants

I live in an old cottage - low ceilings and small windows. What house plants would be suitable to low light conditions. I'm looking for plants to grow indoors in pots as standards up to 2metres height...

topogigo

transport problems

A guy meets a girl in a pub, after plying her with drink he asks if her can come back to hers for some horizontal refreshment, " not possible" she says, "I'm on my menstrual cycle!" "No bother " He...

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